County of Los Angeles

Department of Children and Family Services

CHILD WELFARE SERVICES DATA
MONTHLY FACT SHEET
April - 2020
EMERGENCY RESPONSE REFERRALS
No. of Referrals No. of Referred Children
Evaluated Out 1,089 1,722

In-Person Response 2,750 5,405

Total Referral Children Received during Month 3,839 7,127

REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE

Caretaker Absence/Incapacity 80 1.1%

Severe Neglect 88 1.2%

At Risk, Sibling Abused 1,218 17.1%

Emotional Abuse 1,473 20.7%

General Neglect 2,478 34.8%

Sexual Abuse 708 9.9%

Physical Abuse 1,071 15.0%

Exploitation 11 0.2%

Total 7,127 100.0%

IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF APRIL 2020

FM and FR Services Caseload * Adoption Services Caseload
Emergency Response (Open Services Cases) 886 6

Family Maintenance Under 12 Months 10,677

Over 12 Months 1,493

Sub Total 12,170 36

Family Reunification Under 18 Months 8,932

Over 18 Months 1,541

Sub Total 10,473 1,759

Permanent Placement 9,900 6,164

Supportive Transition 2,109 14

Total Children Receiving Child Welfare 35,538 7,979

* Adoption services caseload represents children in in-home and out-of-home services caseload receiving adoption services.
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT

Age Birth - 2 Years 7,196 20.2%

Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home 437
3 - 4 Years 4,449 12.5%
Foster Family Home 444
5 - 9 Years 9,100 25.6%
Foster Family Agency Certified Home 768
10 - 13 Years 6,303 17.7%
Foster Family Agency Certified Resource Family Home 3,317
14 - 15 Years 2,852 8.0%
Small Family Home 25
16 - 17 Years 2,964 8.3%
Group Home 59
18 Years & Older 2,674 7.5%
Supervised Independent Living Placement 1,129
Age Total 35,538 100.0%
Resource Family Home (RFH): Non-Relative RFH 2,468
Ethnicity White 4,319 12.2%
Resource Family Home (RFH): Relative RFH 8,923
Hispanic 20,526 57.8%
Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program 588
Black 8,311 23.4%
Other (County Shelter, Tribal, and Court Specified Homes) 201
Asian/Pacific Islander 624 1.8%
Total Out-of-Home Placement 18,359
American Indian/Alaskan Native 103 0.3%
Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement 110
Other 1,655 4.7%
Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,558
Ethnicity Total 35,538 100.0%
Guardian Home 1,335
Gender Male 17,681 49.8%
Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive Home, and Guardian Home) 21,362
Female 17,857 50.2%
NOTE: In the above, 1,235 children received D Rate and 407 received F Rate care.
Gender Total 35,538 100.0%

FOSTER CARE RESOURCES

Homes Beds

**Foster Homes 355 1,073

**Small Family Homes 53 33

* Self-report data are being tracked by DCFS Out-of-Home Care Management Division.
** Foster Homes and Small Family Homes excludes licensed homes on hold.
Source: Data are from the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) Datamart History Table.